MAGGIE'S BAT MITZVAH

Maggie (my niece) had her Bat Mitzvah a few weeks ago. Maggie did such a great job learning her torah portion. We were all so proud of her and her major accomplishment. She trained for years just for this one day where she called upon to become the bar mitzvah. Maggie had to learn the entire haftarah portion, including the tradional chant, and recite that. She had to lead part of the service and the congregation in certain important prayers. The celebrant is also generally required to make a speech, which traditionally begins with the phrase "today I am a woman." The father traditionally recites a blessing thanking G-d for removing the burden of being responsible for the daughters sins (because now the child is old enough to be held responsible for himself).

I can't wait to see my kids up on the Beema when they become an 'ADULT' in the eyes of judism.

In case you don't know what a bat mitzvah is...

According to Jewish Law, every Jewish girl becomes a bat mitzvah at age 12 - a year earlier than a Jewish boy becomes a bar mitzvah due to the fact that girls mature earlier than boys. As a bat mitzvah, she becomes obligated by God's commandments - as prescribed in the Torah and as interpreted by Moses, the Prophets, the Sages and the Rabbis.

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Brian Dettmer: Book Autopsies

Brian Dettmer carves into books revealing the artwork inside,
creating complex layered three-dimensional sculptures.
{www.briandettmer.com}

MOSAIC MONDAY MISSION {BEDROOM}

I have had bedrooms on my mind. I am trying to figure out what kind of style I want to decorate Sasha's room in. I think I am leaning more toward Bohemian, Gypsy, something with reds, burnt oranges, iron, scrolly bed, etc.

I thought that I should do something different from Lola, her room is more like a Paris flea market, while Sasha's maybe like a Paris whore's boudoir. Now that I know her personality, I don't think she's be comfortable in something shabby and girly.

The search begins....

Obsession...

I can't stop taking pictures of my family, friends, rocks, leaves- you get it. My children are very patient for the most part but I can see that they get annoyed because all they see me doing is walking behind them and posing their every move.

I am so far behind on uploading, editing, and printing it all. The worst part about it is that I keep promising my friends a copy of the pictures they are in but they never get sent out. I think I need a new way of making this picture process easier on me. If anyone has any idea's, please let me know

The Soundsuits of Nick Cave

What? Amazing colors, amazing design, amazing use of props! Check out this video about Nick Cave the extraordinary visual artist.

http://www.dance-tech.net/video/nick-cave-art-in-motion

Choices

I always:

+ will love my children unconditionally
+ will love to travel
+ will have to live on a lake
+ will always wish I lived in nyc or europe
+ will love to cuddle in bed
+ will love to create
+ will be feisty

I sometimes:

+ spend too much time on the computer
+ yell at my kids
+ get lazy and stay in bed with kids all day
+ miss who I used to be
+ wish I wasn't a germ freak
+ gossip
+ spend too much money on craft supplies
+ have my sitter for too long

I never:

+ want to hurt anyone's feelings
+ want to have regrets
+ like to cook and have regrets about it
+ let me kids touch anything in public bathrooms
+ do anything on time
+ wear socks to bed
+ eat it if it smells

Bubbles

I wish life will always be so wonderful for you!
I wish you could blow bubbles everyday!

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Layout Monday #7

Can we say SUPER CUTE!
I love my children so much, I love them when they are goofy. I especially love them letting me take lot's of pictures of acting this way.

AWWWW thanks for the rose

Andy and I were in Phoenix, AZ for The Silver Summit. We had such a great time working together. Every once in a while I go with him when he has trade shows or when he is speaking engagements. I love to travel with him and watch him in business action. I watch him speak in rooms filled with potential investors or just curious followers, and I am just astonished at how well spoken he has become. It's just so wonderful knowing that all these people in the ball room are here to listen to my brilliant husband.

Every show that we do we always get stalkers/hanger-oners. Some of the names I remember are Bob Unger from Orlando, Carlton from Arizona, the Yoga guy from the LA show, Melanie from the Las Vegas show...the list is much longer then that. Some of these people go from show to show collecting ideas about investing in Precious Metals, oil, medical, stocks, etc. I assume that a lot of these people are there collecting all the booth temptations...It's crazy when we started doing trade shows all the shwag that was handed out freely and how it's difficult to even get a pen these days. You can see how the economy has even effected that part of the industry- where you can't get anything for free even when companies are trying to get you to invest your money.

We drove to Scottsdale with Michael and Leslie looking for a Bar that Michael used to own 20+ years ago. He hadn't been back in years but he was convinced that he knew where he was going...we drove for about an hour looking for it...we never found the bar (unfortunately) but we had a nice time having drinks at another bar.

Thanks babe for the rose...I love it!

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Layout Monday #6

A few months ago Andy's parents and his sister Betsy and her husband David all went to dinner and to see Cheech and Chong. During dinner one night we decided to order these tickets...Andy got so excited that everyone wanted to go, he grabbed his dad's credit card and charged all of the seats to it. Little did he know but he was going through a broker instead of Ticketmaster and each seat cost close to $200. We have kept this dirty little secret for months now. The show was horrible but it was fun hanging out with family.

Valentines Sweetheart Day

My Sweatheart!
This girl has my heart!

A Good Book to Read

This picture was taken this one winter morning while the kids were home before breakfast. I just scrapped it. I love the carpet matt that's behind the picutre.

From when Josh was a little man he has ALWAYS liked to look at books. He would have us read and re-read books all the time. I would hide certain books from him because after reading those few books 40 times a day I would go mental. He looked for them and looked for them- I felt so bad but I was trying to save my sanity!

Now Sasha is the same way with books. She must read when she's eating a meal. I keep a stack of books right in front of her place at the table. She's super into I spy books right now. I am going to take a picture of her stack today- I wish I would have for Josh as well.

It's almost time for breakfast- must brace myself for another round of repetitive book reading.

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